What is the difference between rollerblading and inline skating?
What is the difference between rollerblading and inline skating?Many skaters wonder if there is an equipment or technique difference between inline skating and rollerblading.Answer: Rollerblading is a name used for this sport because of the large role that the Rollerblade Company played in making inline skating popular. Rollerblade, Inc. did not invent, design or manufacture the very first inline skates. But, the Rollerblade Company was so successful in marketing inline skates and equipment that the term “rollerblading” was and still is used when referring to inline skating sports. Inline skates are often called “rollerblades” regardless of which company actually built them. The name Rollerblade has become inline skating to most people, overshadowing other manufacturers and leaving out a lot of the history of roller and inline roller. Inline skating or inline roller skating is the official name for “roller
